(10 ILCS 5/11-3)(from Ch. 46, par. 11-3)Sec. 11-3. It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners
established by Article 6 of this Act, within 2 months after its first
organization, to divide the city, village or incorporated town which may
adopt or is operating under Article 6, into election precincts, each of
which shall be situated within a single congressional, legislative
and representative district insofar as
is practicable and in not more than one County Board district and one
municipal ward;
in order to situate each precinct within a single district or ward, the
Board of Election Commissioners shall change the boundaries of election
precincts after each
decennial census as soon as is practicable following the completion of
congressional and legislative redistricting
and such precincts
shall contain as nearly as practicable 600 qualified voters, and in
making such division and establishing such precincts such board shall
take as a basis the poll books, or the number of votes cast at the
previous presidential election. Within 90 days after each presidential
election, such board in a city with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, village
or incorporated town shall revise and rearrange such precincts on the
basis of the votes cast at such election, making such precincts to
contain, as near as practicable, 600 actual voters; but at any time in
all instances where the vote cast at any precinct, at any election,
equals 800, there must be a rearrangement so as to reduce the vote to
the standard of 600 as near as may be. However, any apartment building
in which more than 800 registered voters reside may be made a single
precinct even though the vote in such precinct exceeds 800.
Within 90 days after each presidential election, a board in a city with
more than 500,000 inhabitants shall revise and rearrange such precincts on
the basis of the votes cast at such election, making such precincts to
contain, as near as practicable, 400 actual voters; but at any time in all
instances where the vote cast at any precinct, at any election, equals 600,
there must be a rearrangement so as to reduce the vote to the standard of
400 as near as may be. However, any apartment building in which more than
600 registered voters reside may be made a single precinct even though the
vote in such precinct exceeds 600.Immediately after the annexation of territory to the city, village or
incorporated town becomes effective the Board of Election Commissioners
shall revise and rearrange election precincts therein to include such
annexed territory.Provided, however, that at any election where but one candidate is
nominated and is to be voted upon at any election held in any political
subdivision of a city, village or incorporated town, the Board of
Election Commissioners shall have the power in such political
subdivision to determine the number of voting precincts to be
established in such political subdivision at such election, without
reference to the number of qualified voters therein. The precincts in
each ward, village or incorporated town shall be numbered from one
upwards, consecutively, with no omission.The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts, including
those where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used.(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)